National League hockey lost an outstanding personality with the Iaajor Fred McLaugh-

pissing of

lin rcccittly. the guiding power bc-

hind me Chicago Black Hawks. . . .

Itfebtuighlln was one of the pio- neers of National League hockey 1n Chicago and long a power be-

hnnl tin: Black Hawks. The Major‘ ted with many odd hoc- almost 11s many as there caches tir-ntnd the Chi-I The Htnvks hold some-

l. _ hate . rago 0111b.

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. C()1lllL‘C'.lll.'lS \1' times. . . . For l lung time McLaughlin's greatest ninbttten was to operate :1 team o1 st*"‘ly Utnted-Stzttcs hockey players. seemed avt- given up on it in later ‘ 111. but the lVicLaughliil influ- ct‘ e 1.111s always evident in 11.1.5 aspect, and the Hawks have been more prolific, by far, than any other of the U. S. clubs in bring- i in American-born hocktyvplay-

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Wlnlc Paul Thomp-

hockey, jibe with same

"iumph the season's ltigh score by a

tin (‘tub at the‘ least expected.

‘to take an overwltclniing 9-1 mar-

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By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 2l—Defen:.lve

skills of the St. Louis Cardinals, painfully obvious to the Browns in the world series were officially re- cognized today in the National League fielding records showing the world series champions set two major league team records nnd ‘swept four of seven individual tit-

: lcs. Red Birds

Billy Southworths gsstablishcd a record for both 1e11,;- Jlcs with a .982 percentage 111111. by committing only 112 errors, erased

seems fairly ll ctilrcnclltcll the standard tiung up by Cincin- ~ 11m", there a time when‘ -_.- --' :»__'>,~;» "*—- 1111 tvtr 11-3. vcrl‘ rapid 111

t Red we;

l DETROIT. Dec. 2i -—- (APT- ~- tDetroit Red Wings tonight equalled 11a’.- ional ltockey league club by '1 '1- ping New Yo 11-3 before a t. .. crowd of 7.253. Bill (Flasht H0‘.- lett scored three Detroit goals. Hollett added two assists

good measure b11t was closely pr sed for scoring honors by the . . eran Moclcre (Mudl Brunetcatt of the Red Wings who had two first- period goals and two assists. In all, ll Detroit players shared in lthc 1101111 making

I The Rangers. who haven't won n league game on Detroit ice since Christmas night, 1942, never were in after the Wings counted four times in the opening period and added five goals in the second

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To date. Chicago 15 the only teamflfill- _ . 1 -.. . . . O l> 1* v usl t‘ 1s 5e ‘on to hate cut won the Stanley Cup] has";lglgfiellcfulfscdzrlfas nigh},

nrlglglj-“olierjeaggglas ll goals. Toronto turning the baseball umpire and hockey fete-tum‘ “gmllst 011105501

.. .,.. . -_ T\'N'Y'kdi G11‘ {lkll-{jlllkdablill tiltmtgzfsliltiolotlgculgcfsflcE Labgg 3.5g Big; Mcefiefiffellntzlllig} s, Bill lJllTCd company with thelfezmienlmifyl" ggéilrfiiie swig-Ln“: Ham“ and wa-s Pact‘ ‘Ieteremng’ on_the ngc. Neither was believed

Back about seven years ago Mc- semmsly u“ ,

Laughlin realized one ambition.‘ narrYkfummyx Delrclils ullfllwgr,‘ He sent out an all-American team.t°l‘_3 m‘) 9 5mm‘? “Orfmlg ,“ '5 m. q reflsunable mcshnug and mmstath game since he uas calucd up H. 45S knocked m; N3“, York Ram £10111 Indianapolis, scotcd his .ou1t11 g _ D06 Ronmes’ bums TrudeL tictory against one defeat and a Alex L».-":insl:y1111d a few others,‘ 9

1' h d f bcf it , {ferret} ,hfj“Am°e,,cn,,_‘§§,,,°',,,§y,§§f=ms smallest crowd at Olympia,

The game. attracting the 5211-.‘

Fielding Marks Er secl By St. Louis Cardinals

World Series

nati in 1940.

successive fielding title to buck up]

three straight pennants. Ray Sanders at first base, Mar‘.

Magic“ at shcrmop, whitey m1 land. received a broken left leg in ow-iatthird b d Jh _ Hemp In the Oufiid agmweg 11£§Pollarda mount, Good Ante. ap- way in their divisions, leaving tdpflrently stumbled "hue "acmg f“ “outside-rs" such scattered laurels the m“ mm- c d b

bloody Williams mil Lllrltcherafitfllék; Natural‘ ridden Walters, both of Cincinnati. and Yarn Spinner. with Charles Chaf-

as bcst fielding

catcher Leading

Al

_ Lopez of Pittsburgh ill

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Rangers With 11-3 Score

[Qllti-lllflfit? lead to three points over ‘Poronto 11nd put the Wings with- in an equal distance of the 1cm!- mg Cnnatiicns. ,

SUMMARY First Period l-Detroii, Grosso (M. Bruneteau) 1,. M. Bruneteau, 10:39 3—Ncw York. Warwick 12:11. 4—-Detro1t, Hollett (E. Bruneteaul 13:48 5-Dctroit, M. Bruneteau (Hol-

lett) 14:35 Penalty — Warwick.

Second Period

Hollett 4217 Wochy ~42

6—-Dct1'oit.

7—Dct1'bit,

Holletti

8-D ' ‘nit, 2

(McDonald, Llscombe (Armstrong! l.

a. 9~Det1'oit. Hollett 1610i ilk-Detroit. Carvcth (M. Brune-

tcaui 19:35 Penalties -- None.

Third Period il-Dctroit, B. McDonald vetln 10:14 l2—Ncw York, Thurier Dill) 10235 Wochy

ilk-Detroit. Quackenbusht 12:21

(Car- (Gsldup, (Carvctn.

Under his guidance the Hawks.

sought and brought up some guodtT"

on; eutti as goalies Mike Karakas and Sam Loprcstri, Roger Jenkins. Cullv Dahlstrom, Johnny Marlacci and others. t t

P1111 Watson, who is known as fluent P1111, fleetfoot Phil, but never as refill hos caused consid- erable umbrage 1n Canadians’ camp. James Coleman, of thc Toronto Globe and Mail, encount- ered P1111 recently and reports that Phil, who, he says, gets more a-ords to the gallon than most players, predicted Detroit

diens third and Rangers fourth. - t 1

lGets Place With

would —Tra.i'fic Court,

finish first. Toronto second, (Jana-a

The rush of money on the last] l

twp selections would knock Phil completely off his feet if he ever|

offeied to make book on them. John B, Campbell. secretary at Coleman disputes the claim about all the New York 'I‘racks and .1 Canadians. {Hialeah Race Course stcwart. and ' ' ' Charles J. McLennan, secretary at

He gathered that Phil dldntPlmlico, Garden State, Suffolk like Canadians, didn't like Mont-Downs and Hialeah. agreed thzzt.

real. which ls strange considerlng_Miller and Burgers slx-year-old hc startccl from there, conoeivably,mare made the greatest will finish up there, and actuehytbnck.

from all sources inclusive of play- on‘ moncy last vcar and ,lob netted $11,000. We can't conceive of him getting anything like that. kind of money around the Rang- ers. O O O

Coleman says Phil reported he

didn't gct along with the Montreal)

management last year, or _ll\e Montreal crowds, Coleman dertdcs P1111, questions his judgment. P1111 hastened to explain to Dick Irvin on Sunday night in NewYork that he had been misuquoted. t -

From what we heard of Watson last “(winter hc was nl\vi1)'5 M m5 11111-111)’ best. had a great time rib- bing Irvin, enjoyfld himself to We full. He was so popular with team- mates they made 1.11m manager of the softball team and Phil did vety well in that rolcatco.

Watson must be a WIN strange person indeed if he prefers to nlav

with a club almost certain of fiftn,

or sixth place with ‘no playoff money in sight than with Con-at.-

Wm H’; was one of the highest pftlfl tilaycrs in the league last year. _ _ _

We used to l1car 111s rather fun- y and often acid remarks about ggngerg last year with some am- usement. H0 is 111111151’! mid 1m‘ predictable in his HSSETTWHF "l? times. and 1i‘ what Canadien pin)‘- grg say is accurate 11c reporttfill l9 them that he was none too happy in his present sci-UP. Wllffv 15-51 tvatsonlan ability is submerged by his environment.‘

One thlna about P1111. there is

never a dull tnomcttt when he is’ The '

around, and when he is most. ser- lous he is most nmuslnfl-

Remember When

ltv The 17.111.111.- Puss

Tilllliam T, Tlldcn refusodAan of- icr of $60,000 to turn utocsslon-i n1 and Dlav a series of tennis cx-I nlbltlotis 1n thc United States and, Canada, 1a vcnrs 11.20 todamul-Iovv-y aver he flnallv entered the mop-I av" ranks 1n 1931 at the like 0f @3- hut is 110w out of competitive ten- nls.

rtlvtvcp own FUNERAL l w-wtd-fifil - '

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MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Dec. 1D- (APJ-E. H. Iiosklns, 76, was bur- ied. today according to his own specifications. Last Oct. l3. Hos- kins conducted a full dress re-, hearsul for his funcral. even going solar as to pose for 111s picture in a casket at his graveside and n- gnin in the courthouse square 1n Pilfcvillc. Hosklns died Friday night

filly ‘er, daughter of War Admir

served to strengthen Detroit's sac-

14-—Ne\v York, Demarco 12:43

Penalty - Hcllct.

Traffic Gourt l '44 Turf Greats

MIAMI, Fla. Dec, 2i - (AP) — a failure as a brood mare but a whltz as :1 run- ner, won a place today along with the Twilight Tears and the Pavots in a roundup of 1944 turf super- latives compiled by two of the sport's top racing secretaries.

come-

Kctat away from the races for 2'7 months \vhllc she flunltcd a trial on the breeding farm, Traffic Court was put back into training and scored eight victories, four of them in stake races, this year.

Other Campbell an-d McLem-mn

choices:

Bcst all-round performer -- Calumet Farms’ Twilight. Tear.‘ the horse of the year.

Greatest finish — the triple

dead heat in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct June 10, when the

camera was unable to separate Bossuet, Brownie and Wait-rt- Bit. (Campbell, who handicap-

pcu the horses for the race, mod- estly left McLennan to tnalze his selection.)

Best sprinter — McLennan Ditti- ed Twilight Tear. while Campbell took Greentree Stables 5-year-old Devil Divcr.

Hard luck horse-Alex Barth, the perennial runner-up. The six- ycar-old Mlllbrook Stablc horse finished second in eight races, five of thcm $50,000 stakes.

Biggest surprise - Vienna‘: v1:- tory ovcr Twilight Tear. tvhich closed at l to 20. 111 the Alabnlna Stttltcs at Belmont.

Most prtlllllfilflg two-r," ar-oid colt Waller M. Jefford un- defeated Pavot.

Most promising

t wo-ycar-old — Col. E. R. Bradley's Blush- a .

Trans-Canada Phone System Is Expanded

MONTREAL, Dec. 21 -- (GP)-

" Canada Telephone System announced the com- pletion of 11.112 new talking chan- nels linking principal cities in Cau- atla from coast to coast. ’I‘l.1c ox- panslcm of existing facilities 1111s made without increasing the uSE of copper, and resultcd from co- operation between the seven mn- jor Canadian telephone companies and the Canadian Pacific Rail- way.

HEALTH FOR YOU

EXERCISE

TWICE TO-DAY

AFTERNOON and NIGHT

No Ghaage In (Scoring Race

(By The Canadian Press)

New York Rangers’ victory 3-1 over Chicago Black Hawks Wed- itesday night failed to bring any changes 1n the standings of hock- e.\"s big seven. Clint Smith of Chicago, ttie only player in last mghts game appearing among tnc big seven was held scoreless.

The leaders:-

G A Pis. Blake, Canadians 15 l8 3.’! Cowley, Boston l1 22 33 Lach, Canadiens 5 21 2o‘ Richard, Canadictls 5 21 26 Smith, Chicago ‘ 6 16 22 Howe, Detroit 6 16 22 Cain, Boston l4 8 22 Post-War Plans For Baseball (By Tthe Associated Press) PHILADEL-PHIA, Dec. Zl-Post-

war plans:

A new Baseball Museum and Hall of Fume, in t1. Tower of Slllbc Park—crammcd with relics of "Mr. BasebalP-Connie Mack.

It's one of the musts in thesoon- after-V-Day program of Roy Mack, Connies son and protege.

“We havc a lot of stuff around here that the tans would like to sec. and we'll get morc," Roy said.‘

Connie's other son and aide,‘ Earl, opened the door of the oldi man's sanctum amt pointed:

There was a cushioned bench, made of bats that bear the sigmh‘ turcs of the great in baseball through almost ~10 years. . .A rack‘ containing baseballs autographed‘ by every player of every club tnj every league in the United Stutes_

. .11 tobacco-brown ball used in

1;. Brooklyn-Mutual game Aug. 10,,R

188'.’ Another made of coal. a‘ git; from Guthrie's admirers in the Pennsylvania, anthracite rcgi0n..,

The office decorations included, also, framed pictures of every Mack team since i901. and ‘he proclamation through which 101"- mcr Governor Arthur James set May 1'1 of each year as "Connie Mack Day."

Connie wasn't around to hear of the museum plan. The old gentle- man. who'll be B2 Saturday, is vacationing in California.

Men's Formal Clothes Appear In N. Y. Stores

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 — (C?) — Coincident with the worst Eurolleflil war news the United States ms received since it entered the war three years ago. is the reallbear- ancc 111 store windows here of

rm: ct-tatgtoftfrafrowtv

It w“ we“. third tors are studying the X-ray plate:

positions. exceptl pitcher. was based on playing 10D

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Veteran Jockey Injured , In Spill

(By The Associated Prose)

MIAMI, Fla Dec. 21—-Two jug-I keys suffered severe injuries and n. third escaped unscathed in a spectacular three-horse spill dur- ing the first race at Gulfstream Park this afternoon. ‘

Veteran rider John (Red) Pol-- lard. was taken to hospital for X—‘ rays. A hospital spokesman said Pollard was semi-conscious from a "severe concussion", and that doc-l

to etermlne whether or not he has a fractured skull. - Ernest Barber, of London, Eng-t

the accident, arhlch occurred when

Good Ante went down and Count, by Barber, and

‘fin up. fcll over him.

Chafiin was uninjured.

' Pollard. born tn Butte. Mont. in 1909, was famous as Beablsculvs rider a few seasons ago.

-Jap Aircraft In llltanchuria Bombetl

(By The Associated Pressil WASHINGTON, Dec. ‘ll-Super- ‘fortresses l1lt a Japanese aircraft plant in MukdeimManchut-ia. today. with “good results" although two oi the big 3-2915 were lost. Fifteen enemy planes were de- stroyed. seven probably destroyed, and ll damaged in the combat! . with the enemy air force which a H1‘- H- L- FFQSEI‘. VBmOH. ,2ath Air Force communique said tary Mctlltl for bravery put up . strong."

P. E.

Army Overseas Photo).

in the field from FE .. opposition “moderate to Montgomery during a11 open-air investiture 111

1., is shown ‘ire receiving the Mil’.- .'.1 a1 Sh" Bernard Belgium. — (Canadian

| t- iGerman Groups Bomb Nazi 1111 Allied Uniform, Rail Centre

l French Warned

LONDON. Dec. 2l—(CP-Reuters) —The French radio tonight broacl- cast t1 warning to the people of Franco to bc on the lookout for groups of Germans wearing Brit- ish and United States uniforms who had infiltrated the Allied lines. 1

The warning said "groups of Germans wearing United States and British uniforms and provided 1111111 identity documents have 1'1- flltrated through the lines to the regions 111 the rear. These groups! are supplied with American and

Through Fog

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDCN. Dcc. 2142.11.11 Lau- casiers, equipped with night bomb- ing instruments, probed through hQP-VY for! over the Western Wont $09181’ M141 poured an estimated l.- 800 tons cf bombs on the German railway town of Trier, a main supply _pon1t supporting the Ger. man winter r11 slve.

United States lghters rose from their bases on the continent to Bwfimllflny the 200 R.A.F. heavy- weights to Trier. 26 miles north-

Vcord would be a means of annual

,‘east of Luxembourg Clfy. The

"The task of these groups is the Stacks’ returned Mme Wm"

sabotage and destructio of vital out 10? ' war installations." the ipadio added. Umwd. Sm” 3"‘ M!‘ F°"°°' heflvywfllgllts — equipped for day bombing only-again were Founded as the British heav- s cs took advantage of their flight-raiding apparatus tu

brave the -murky 1vcz1thcr that has stopped almost all air sup- porg for Allied troops attempt- ing to stem the German drive. Meanwhile, Italian-based United States heavy bombers hammered rail targets at Roscnhcim. 35 miles‘ southeast of lvlunlch, rounding out seven straight days of blows from Italy at, southern German cum-

To Help Mount Guard on Rhine

By JOSEPH E. DYNAN

PARIS- DQC- 21 — (A?) _ munications. Thev also bombed by 5521;? orifltfggls nlfimeh9lfnerln°klllllg instrument through cloud cover.

Fighter-bombers raided the Bol-

w“ m keep m” Rhlnemnd ogno battle sector and the Bren-

and

Ruhr industries out of German .. - ,, I hands “m! imcnds to help H01’ ikeerderplliithe, Sgllllttltllnl; Vtélflllilfifxlglaafig land expand eastward into Silesia placei

and East Prussia. Foreign biinls- tcr Georges Bldault told the Con- sultative Assembly as debate open- ed on the new French-Soviet a1- liance.

The Minister, who signed the pact for France, said that the ac-

011 MY!

(By The Canadian Press)

UITAWA. Dcc. zl-Some Ottawa man's face must have been plenty red when he arrived home and found fhata battle he had snatch- ed’ from a girl leaving a. liquor store with 11 fricntl contained vin- egar instead of Scotch. The friend hfld the Scotch.

And the thought of having thrown $5 at the girl to cover the cost of thc bottle couldn't have helped soothe his feelings.

The story of the incident was

defence and added that the Rus- sians ancl French had agreed to territorial revision tn both the east and the west.

vwe agreed to the acquisition by Poland of East Prussia and Silesia," he said. "This conces- sion corresponds in our way of thinking to territories in which Poland would be persuaded to abandon."

This apparently was a refer- ence to Russia's pii-sposedlacquisi- tton of former Pol 1 terr tcrv up told top“, bv mo 1 ,

,, u! _ grls 111 the .n- 1° {m}? céfmfMléglég-‘v glirigipgf come tax department. They went gséldfihegggl “momgonjgts of "m6 [to the liquor store Wednesday and Poles, promised to support the“)? n“ ‘Vi?’ stopmq M n‘ grocery Russian case for the old Curzcn {gmlcflgm “ya,” l???” Mt Vin???“ Line. according to reports rece1v-' _ ‘ g L‘ q "r 5°" By ed here ,wc1e jostled by a man who grab-

M Bidmm Sam me Rhmflnnd bed the bottle n1‘ ttitxcgarnndthrcw t1es‘1on was for all the 1111151.. $5 1m” m” guys mm"

510.12 out within the Euro can-“Azl-l The vlnoga" cost 28 cents‘

vlsory Commission, but "t is cer- tain that lt will be our forces and those of other liberated cotmtrles

‘British Foodstuff

wifillCh will stand watch on the nc." " l i ti f th . h ' v.11}? 12111111.... 41.2.; Production lncreasetf

work for the Prussian war ma- chine, but first of all for recon- struction of the damages counol by Germany.“

The Minister did 11ot specify whether France wanted these 1n- dustries under French or Interna- tional supervislon. He implied that the Russians would support the French claim to sovereignty over, or occupation of, the ft, bank of the Rhine. Reports on‘ the Moscow conferences have said that the French desire to establish a seiparatc state under French tect on embracing roughly banks of the Rhine.

LONDON, Dec. 21-13y plowing up grassland, reclaiming waste areas and specializing in crops for human food, Britain during the war has lncreaut. her production of foodstuffs by at least 70 per cent in both calory and protein value. ‘

Now thc aim is to maintain that high production into the peace, to vsave foreign exchange for other m. [purchases abroad and help provide 80m employment ~ a stable, prosper-

Oils agricultural industry. ‘

Statistics 111 a. Government white paper on Britain's war effort show- ed that land 1n crop 0r fallow 111- crcased frotn 8,800.0 acres 11119.30 to 14,600,000 this yea and tempor- ary grassland increased from 4,- 100,000 acres to 4,800,000.

Eisenhower E-ktends Christmas Greetings

(By The Canadian Preu)

men's formal clothes, re lete with top hats and “purl! 8| " will" " "ves.

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THROUGH 1 SKATING l

l

Vatican has appo

nounced daiy. Mag who was Nunc o to Ankara, ‘.1 ex- pected to arrive Jan, 1.

AN ADVANCED ALLIED 00M- MAND POST, Dec. 2l—Gen. Eis- enhower extcnded personal Christ- mas greetings today to men repre- senting the British. American, Canadian, and French Armies, the British and U. S, Navies. and RA. I". and the United States AirForce.

Cpl. Rosa D. Parry of Vancouver reprrsenied the

filly.

. But permanent grassland was ‘cut from 18,800,000 acres to ll.- (7011000. Thus the total area under 1§68%'w'§€‘..§‘3‘§ lliftfdiiffl‘ ‘it'll ltakcn over foerpmilltaiy purilaoscs and the land actually farmed creased b 6,500,000 acres.